All Sept bulletin discussions

[gc_chahiye]

Originally Posted by ttguy

I think we will GC sooner than anticipated. I think those who filed in July/Aug will get in three/four years. Just a rough estimate. Any one agrees with me?

If you are from India and your PD is 2006 or 2007, then forget about getting GC in 3 years unless there are legislative changes. Do the math yourself or refer to the umpteen threads here. The most optimistic case means the wait will be 5-7 years...

[satishku_2000]

Originally Posted by jsb

What do EB cutoff dates in Sept VB mean? All eligible for filing AOS did in July/Aug. Does it mean that USCIS will be giving visa (approving GC) to those within the new cutoff dates?

Some people from BEC are still waiting for their labor approvals , Some of those people should be able to file for 140/485 if their PDs fall in the cut off dates . Hope USCIS will exhaust the numbers in this year by approving 485s for eligible people .

[ksairi]

Originally Posted by yawl

D. EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE VISA AVAILABILITY FOR SEPTEMBER

Due to the return of unused July numbers by consular posts abroad, and the limited amount of pending demand eligible for final processing at consular posts, it has been possible to reestablish cut-off dates in many of the Employment preference categories.

Please link it.

[immi_enthu]

Originally Posted by venky08

yes but they will start processing the applications based on the receipt dates. so if a guy applied last year, he gets priority over last month's people. (that is assuming that his priority dates were current last year from him to apply!)

also they will need to do fingerprinting etc. and shall pass the FBI check before they get to final stage of adjudication. that would take 6 more months. so they should look at the bulletin at that time to see if they are eligible. dont get excited about these dates - they are not that helpful for the last month filers.

some people who applied in June may get approved if their PDs are current. July/ Aug filers unlikely

[yabadaba]

Originally Posted by ksairi

Please link it.

read the bulletin!

[waitin_toolong]

Originally Posted by ksairi

Please link it.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bu...etin_3761.html

[venky08]

thats provided
a. their I-140 is approved
b. fingerprinting is done.
c. passed the fbi name check.
d. their case made it to the hands of adjudicator who is taking a final look at it.

it is difficult to finish all these in less than two months.
but you may never know, there might be some lucky ones.
just hope that we all are that lucky

Originally Posted by immi_enthu

some people who applied in June may get approved if their PDs are current. July/ Aug filers unlikely

[tnite]

Originally Posted by gcformeornot

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bu...etin_3761.html

Not bad for EB2 India/China ,the dates are the same as june bulletin

[sapota]

Surprised by visa bulletin mentioning cutoff dates for EB1, EB2 & EB3 ROW & philipines instead of U.

Does this mean EB1, EB2 & EB3 ROW cases are not backlogged ? (i.e USCIS approved all it could on July1st 2007 but still visa numbers left?)

Or were these cases waiting for FBI check so could not use up visa numbers??

Either way, in a month or so (after all July VB cases are entered into database, USCIS would know its true backlog). Wish it would announce such a backlog number and make realistic predictions for when cases will be approved.

Given the recent announcement from whitehouse regarding expedited FBI checks, maybe there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

But hey, lets keep pushing, we dont want hope to be a mirage do we.

[keshtwo]

wonder what that means for India-China EB2 in the October Bulletin. Will the retrogression be back to Jan 07 dates?

[10dulkar]

Expected news for EB3 folks

[user1205]

Well, I mean no offense to anybody but why is EB3 ROW so far back while EB2 India and China are as per June bulletin or better?
I thought for India the approved cases were 5 times the country quota for 2007? Good for those guys that were approved but I still don't get it why ROW is 2002!

[sapota]

Originally Posted by keshtwo

wonder what that means for India-China EB2 in the October Bulletin. Will the retrogression be back to Jan 07 dates?

Doubt that it will go back from here. There will be new visa numbers available in Oct 07. So it should only move forward IMO.

[keshtwo]

Originally Posted by user1205

Well, I mean no offense to anybody but why is EB3 ROW so far back while EB2 India and China are as per June bulletin or better?
I thought for India the approved cases were 5 times the country quota for 2007? Good for those guys that were approved but I still don't get it why ROW is 2002!

yeah pretty weird. What does that mean to spillover in next June on wards? I hope its not a negative, too soon to tell though.

[jayz]

Originally Posted by user1205

Well, I mean no offense to anybody but why is EB3 ROW so far back while EB2 India and China are as per June bulletin or better?
I thought for India the approved cases were 5 times the country quota for 2007? Good for those guys that were approved but I still don't get it why ROW is 2002!

The reasoning that I can see is, you are comparing EB2 to EB3. EB2 gets higher preference than EB3, but I am not sure how the per-country rationing plays in this mix.